Okay.. Help!
I just recently bought a LG GW620 from a friend.
Usually it runs on Android 1.5
I wanted it to run on Android 2.2
So, i searched the internet and found out that LG gives us this by default, all you have to do is download their update manager and let that run.
So i did.. Until it started telling me that i needed to reconnect the phone.
I did that.. about 5 maybe 6 times. After that, the update program stopped.
I now have, a big fat "!
EMERGENCY MODE" on my screen.
So, i searched, and came across a way that told me to disable the modem.
I did, but still the update program shizzle from LG doesn't seem able to find the phone.
I'm really inches away from going crazy, haven't had any food since 8 o'clock this morning(okay.. just noticed now that that is 12 hours ago.. should get some food)
But.. please.. help me!
Don't make me go back to my Xperia X1 with friggin' Windows Mobile 6.1!
Edit:
I tried this:
routehero said:
OK, got it.
In the settings menu, you can run a factory reset, and after a reboot, it's back to virgin state.
so, to recap:
1) You can recover from bricked state (IE, won't boot) by holding 1+Power on start to get in to Emergency Mode
- You will need LG-Utils
- You will need V10C_00.kdz
- You will need B2CAppSetup.exe (set language to English for ease of use)
- You will need USB modem drivers (I used USB SP modem drivers from LG Modem Driver 4.9.4
-- From LG-Utils directory, run KP500-Utils-EN.exe
-- Phone Model: GW620
-- File: \path\to\V10C_00.kdz
-- Version: V10C_00
-- Takes about 5 minutes and will reboot your unit to charging mode.
2) At this point, you must turn on your device. You won't have much luck doing anything because the GUI is gone, but ADB will continue to work.
- You will need Android SDK
- You will need to have previously set up USB Debugging
- You will need to have previously enabled root for adb
-- Launch adb shell
-- execute: am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN
-- this will prompt you with a GUI to select the app to launch. go in to the settings to issue a factory reset.
3) Voila. On reboot, you are on initial setup screen. You have lost all of your data, but have recovered your device.
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But.. every time it wants to connect the phone, the phone randomly disconnects from my pc!
What am i doing wrong!? :\ is there a problem with my pc? Is the device completely fried?
Correction: The phone does not randomly disconnect! It only disconnects when i try to talk to it!
Bump.. anyone?
ok i need help please , i had gbread on it and installed superoneclick to get root then tried to flash cwm with vipermod. message said out of storage space or something (dont have ext mem only internal)and now phone will not turn on.
have followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1244490 and phone was recognised by omapp but couldnt change the port in device manager and couldnt find a bin to download so i tried to flash a kdz v21a
clicked start on lgflasher but nothing happened so after about 5 mins i cancelled it thinking without the port change it was a waste of time.
now i cant even get omapp to flash up when i connect phone . device manager refreshes but i cant see anything change .
hope thats enough info for some kind person to help.
many thanks in advance
marty
Try this start on step 3 its in the thrill forum but they are the same phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491870
sent from my acidhazard thrill
marty41 said:
...then tried to flash cwm with vipermod...
marty
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Where did you get vipermod from? The Transformer Prime forums? That's meant for the TFP and would not have worked with the O3D since it flashes to mmcblk0p4 rather than mmcblk0p. You should have used the flasher here.
Download this, this and this. Extract smartflash.zip, install both driver packages. Then, run Windows Enabler, in the notifications bar, click it and make sure it is set to 'on'.
Now remove your phone's battery and sim card, press volume up and connect your phone to the computer. Hold volume up until it is detected by the computer. It should take no longer than 20 seconds.
Now run B_SmartFlashTool_Extern.exe, go to rom copy d/l, select LGP920_CP.fls for CP bin and LGP920_AP.bin for AP bin. Make sure under communications setup that your phone is connected (verify the com port in device manager) and then click start. If all goes well, you'll have a stock v21D phone again
Thanks for the help guys but i'm not getting a com port when i connect the phone so i don't think i can use any of those methods . or can i
i want to go back to the beginning and see if omapp will detect phone and install drivers but i can uninstall the installer but dont think that will remove the drivers , does anyone know how to do that.(cos i think i messed that bit up )
thanks again
marty
vipermod , i think i followed a link somewhere in the o3d forum where someone said u could use it to flash cwm
so , i uninstalled all lg drivers uninstalled omap installer searched registry for for any mention of omap and deleted (some wouldnt delete ) .
restarted computer (xp by the way )
then installed omap installer and lg drivers and connected phone holding vol up
and................. NOTHING whereas yesterday i had a little icon in the task bar and the opportunity to install omap drivers.
conclusion , phone is dead , i had an oppurtunity to fix it yesterday and i blew it
hope someone tells me i'm wrong but its not looking good
marty
take off battery and just put your usb cable and tell us if it shows omap in your device manager
dont press keys
if i connect phone without battery device manager just refreshes a couple of times but nothing changes with regards to ports doesn't matter if i have vol+ button in power button in or nothing
thanks anyway
marty
am i getting somewhere
update : ok so i'm on a clean install of xp and i connected the phone with vol+ and it wants to install omap4430 drivers. is that good news?
i installed omapinstaller , then the 2 lg drivers ca and ma , then reconnected the phone and went thro omap driver install but still don't have any ports in device manager
is there no way i can force it to flash without it having to think it is connected cause if its recognising it as omap4430 there must be something there
don't want to give up on it too easy , if only i put this much effort into it whilst it was working lol
marty
evening all . new update
tonight i've installed the lg support tool and drivers and found that if i leave my phone connected i occasionally get "TI sample boards" popping up in device manager for a couple of seconds without having to press buttons , unfortunately it doesn't stay on for any longer with buttons pressed.
i was wondering how to force install the "LG CDMA composite usb device " drivers cos its never asking for them as it should according to the tutorial
hope someone can help cos i've seen a few threads with same problem as me
marty
i am loosing it....
i tried every thread about bricked phone - and nothing solved my problem.
it all started when i tried to use th LG FLASH TOOL to upgrade firmware and by mistake i checked "Erase Entire AP" and since than my phone wont turn on.
when i connect the usb cable - i get a notification of OMAP443 but it goes on and off rapidly like it is connecting and disconnecting at the same time - not stable.
i download all drivers, even tried to manual fix the driver with the inf file, but nothing - still unstable.
i also bought a special usb cable that has 56K-130K-910K - i tried all modes but did not get the download mode screen as shown in one of the guides here.
i need to stable the connection between the phone and the pc so i can flash the firmware.
any suggestions ?
please help - anyone :crying:
You have probably used Smartflash,not Lg flashtool.
I can make your phone to stay connected to pc but you won't be able to flash anything
Your phone's cpu is in debug mode now.
Signed bootloaders are needed to recover it with Linux, or a script for omapflash for recovering with windows..
tsvikariz said:
i am loosing it....
i tried every thread about bricked phone - and nothing solved my problem.
it all started when i tried to use th LG FLASH TOOL to upgrade firmware and by mistake i checked "Erase Entire AP" and since than my phone wont turn on.
when i connect the usb cable - i get a notification of OMAP443 but it goes on and off rapidly like it is connecting and disconnecting at the same time - not stable.
i download all drivers, even tried to manual fix the driver with the inf file, but nothing - still unstable.
i also bought a special usb cable that has 56K-130K-910K - i tried all modes but did not get the download mode screen as shown in one of the guides here.
i need to stable the connection between the phone and the pc so i can flash the firmware.
any suggestions ?
please help - anyone :crying:
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uses this method recovers bricked
http://www.htcspain.com/roms-lg-opt...cambiar-baseband-por-el-metodo-del-fls-53449/
will get my phone back in a couple of days and will give it a try - i hope those methods will help.
tsvikariz said:
will get my phone back in a couple of days and will give it a try - i hope those methods will help.
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Does it work?
Hi,
I have tried booting into flashmode > 20 times now, but can't get it to work.
I am doing the following:
- Disconnect USB-Cable
- Poweroff Phone
- Press Volume Down Button
- Connect USB-Cable
Now the LED blinds red/green very quickly, but then the phone just boots normally, beginning with the white screen with the Sony Logo and the Xperia Logo. If I keep holding the Volume Down Button, it boots into safe mode.
Any ideas what I may be doing wrong going into flashmode? Is there another way to get into flashmode?
The device is encrypted, maybe that has something to do with it?
Is it at all possible that this is because of a missing driver? I did install the flashmode driver using flashtool.
Thanks
Yannik
It does sound like a driver issue.
Make sure you have the Latest version of Flashtool installed, and try the driver installer again.
On your phone, in Developer options (enabled in the Settings main menu by going to Settings > About phone > and tapping Build number 7 times) , make sure you have USB debugging turned on, and I also allow mock locations. You must have Unknown Sources ticked in Security settings too.
I have successfully flashed mine this way.
Before you start Flashtool, turn the phone off, hold volume down, and plug in the USB lead to your computer. The LED on the phone should turn a solid green. The computer should sort out the drivers itself.
If you're above Windows 7 then there are other things you have to do to get the drivers to install properly, or so I've heard, but I don't know for sure as I refuse to leave 7 behind. I hate the tiles in Windows 8, and I guess in 10 too.
Once that's done, you're good to go with Flashtool.
Guessing the encryption has something to do with it.
It actually seems to have been some kind of driver issue.
The flashtool drivers are installed (activated the non-signed driver installation), as well as the sony pc companion software. Unfortunately, I could not resolve this issue and get flashmode to work on Windows 8.1 x64.
However, flashmode did work (without any driver installation!) on a Linux Mint system.
yannik~ said:
It actually seems to have been some kind of driver issue.
The flashtool drivers are installed (activated the non-signed driver installation), as well as the sony pc companion software. Unfortunately, I could not resolve this issue and get flashmode to work on Windows 8.1 x64.
However, flashmode did work (without any driver installation!) on a Linux Mint system.
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I have been trying to use flash tool to put on debranded software. I simply cannot get it in flashmode. It will not read the new firmware or allow me to select anything.
When I try to install the drivers, found in flashtool folder it does not allow me, comes up with error
http://www.flashtool.net/win8drivers.php
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adamz5 said:
When I try to install the drivers, found in flashtool folder it does not allow me, comes up with error
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Have you booted Windows in “Disable driver signature enforcement” mode?
From: http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/03/1...peria-lollipop-using-xperifirm-and-flashtool/
Note: To install the Flashtool drivers for Windows 8/Windows 8.1, please follow the steps below.
1) Press the Windows key + R and in the run box type: shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00
– Now make the following selections to boot into the Start Up Setting Screen: Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Start Up Settings > Restart
– Then, when the machine restarts, select number 7 i.e. “Disable driver signature enforcement”. Your machine will start with Driver signing enforcement disabled until the next reboot.
2) Now you can install the Flashtool drivers.
– Windows will warn that the driver is not signed and will require you to confirm the installation.
– Once the installation is complete, reboot the machine
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Haha I forgot that you need USB debugging and unknown source on, when I did flash with flashtool it stops half way saying USB debugging and unknown source to be turn on, kinda soft bricked my phone had to repair with pc companion oooops
mine just turns green for a fraction of a second and then boots, while flashtool tells me i should be in usb debugging mode, even thought it is set as such from the dev options.
Any suggestions? I keep the vol down button pressed until about 1 second after plugging the cable. i tried even for a longer period, the led turns green for half a second and then nothing.
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mine just turns green for a fraction of a second and then boots, while flashtool tells me i should be in usb debugging mode, even thought it is set as such from the dev options.
Any suggestions? I keep the vol down button pressed until about 1 second after plugging the cable. i tried even for a longer period, the led turns green for half a second and then nothing.
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Does the phone still boots or it stuck somewhere?
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Driver
In my case, it doesn't show up the driver for Xperia Z5, just until the Z3, not even for Z3+, and I dont know where to find the correct driver for Z5, and I have downloaded the lastest version of Flashtool.
Does anyone know what can I do?
I've got the same problem as yours. I wanted to debrand my xperia z5, I created the ftf file to flash with flashtool but I can't get the flash mode... going in the flashtool download page I've noticed that it says: 0.9.19.0 was valid for ZL,Z1,Z2,Z3,Z3c,Z3+/Z4,Z4Tablet,E4,E4G,M2,M4 because of new FSC feature added --> our device doesn't appear in the list so I think we have to wait for a little. It's my opinion...sorry for my bad english, I'll stay tuned for further information
Flashtool latest version is 0.9.19.10 and does support Z5 once you patch x10flasher.jar:
http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
To apply the 0.9.19.10 patch, you must be on 0.9.19.2, 0.9.19.3, 0.9.19.4, 0.9.19.5, 0.9.19.6, 0.9.19.7, 0.9.19.8 or 0.9.19.9 and replace x10flasher.jar with the one from the patch.
doum89 said:
I've got the same problem as yours. I wanted to debrand my xperia z5, I created the ftf file to flash with flashtool but I can't get the flash mode... going in the flashtool download page I've noticed that it says: 0.9.19.0 was valid for ZL,Z1,Z2,Z3,Z3c,Z3+/Z4,Z4Tablet,E4,E4G,M2,M4 because of new FSC feature added --> our device doesn't appear in the list so I think we have to wait for a little. It's my opinion...sorry for my bad english, I'll stay tuned for further information
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Install Sony PC Companion and connect your Z5. Normally drivers should be installed now. There not included in Flashtool yet.
anyway I wanted to flash a stock firmware (since I'm branded). I've downloaded the firmware, created the ftf file with flashtool, downloaded the drivers ( with pc companion and also with the .exe inside the flashtool directory) but wen it asks for holding the volume down and plug the device it boots (as the problem the others has). Any Ideas? I've tried to hold the volume up and then plug the phone but it doesn't work, flashtool don't start the process
try flashing on a linux system.
I'll try (I have to find a pc running linux first) but I think that should be a problem of the device, I maen the buttons combinations seems inappropriated on this terminal since it restarts...It's my honest opinion (and I seize the moment to remember you of my bad english)
I had the same problem, for me trying it from linux (you can dual boot) fixed the problem. Must have been a problem with my windows installation.
Do you suggest to full wipe or not?
I didn't perform a full wipe and didn't have any problems.
lg optimus 3d won't turn on after baseband v20c flash and reboot, using the power button or power button, volume down and 3d key.
If I keep power and volume down while it's connected to the pc, then click power/volume down not sure the exact sequence, it starts making 3 short usb sounds, pause, 1 usb sound, then repeats forever
If I keep device manager open, in other devices with exclamation mark "OMAP4430" appears and device manager refreshes each time the sounds repeat, but it won't do anything else. If I pull the USB cable "OMAP4430" dissapears and sound loop stops
How can I fix this?
service sais I overwritten the bootloader. Baseband zip that I picked around here didn't say anything about bootloader... so far it made my phone inoperable. I'm trying to get this to work: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33650068&postcount=46
I unbricked it following this tutorial: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246001
I'm pasting my post while I had some trouble with it:
Got P920 and I think I deleted my bootloader with a baseband zip: https://forum.xda-developers.com/op...ont-baseband-v20c-flash-t3654606#post73445561
I get stuck at step 7, can't find "LG port", basically what I get is fastloader mode, not downloader mode and LG port
then I get stuck at step 11, can't see "LG Cosmo"
If I pick step 13 and try to load gb bootloader it sais "waiting on device" forever, same as on fastloader trying to replace boots
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT1: Decided to do this on laptop (xp) not pc (windows 7). Now I see in ports section (which in windows 7 I don't at all) "LGE Bluetooth TransPort (COM15), not as in the tutorial but at least it's something... I set that to COM41 as instructed. Will edit here if I get any further
EDIT2: if I keep vol+ pressed it won't enter fastboot with os hacking tool. After it did, it found another hardware which I pointed to the only driver it finds in os hacking tool package, that is omap4430 which I already have installed, but this new one gives a code 10 this device will not work message, so I believe I'm stuck at step 11 again because I see no LG Cosmo in device manager.
EDIT3: I looked inside Device Manager > Android Device > OMAP4430 FastBoot USB Device, and is described in "Location:" as Location 0 (LG COSMO) ... which dissapears in a minute like while typing this Have no idea if this is what I'm suppose to get at step 11
EDIT4: seems that's LG COSMO after all because at step 13 after rebooting OS HACKING it did flash the GB BootLoaders (wrote a few lines of text)
...aaand ... drumroll ... it rebooted in my last rom (king's)
WOOOT! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
phone unbricked!
Now back to the problem of getting a proper rom that doesn't consume my battery idly in a day like 4.x unlike froyo (2.2.2) which can keep idle for a week, and that also gets a signal... tried them all except back to froyo (2.2.2) :-/
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